TV Out filter

MikeCrash wrote on 2/2/2005, 7:15 AM
Well as highly requested, after hard word, here is it:

TV Out filter for Sony Vegas
Version 1.0
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Creates overlay surface and draws incoming data to it.
Enable DVDMax or Cinema mode (depends on graphics card
type) to output that surface to TV Out of your graphics
card in full screen. The card must support YUY2 overlays.
Tested on Matrox G450 and nVidia Geforce FX5700.

Insert this filter anywhere in project, but best use is
as last filter in Video Output FX chain. You can use
only one instance of this filter or the filter will
not work.

The filter displays only video from time line, not from
Trimmer or Explorer. Video Preview Window must be enabled,
but can be hided by other windows (mixer for example).

Also you can hide the overlay window or keep it on top
of other windows.

This filter is released under typical shareware license.
Unregistered version works only for first 100 frames,
after that black and white image is displayed on TV.
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Formore filters for Vegas please visit
http://mikecrash.wz.cz

Any suggestions and bugs please report to
mike(at)tvfreak.cz

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/2/2005, 7:41 AM
Thanks again, Mike!
You still taking donations for these plugs you keep providing?
johnmeyer wrote on 2/2/2005, 8:54 AM
Mike,

This is VERY good stuff.

I just tested on my ATI Radeon All-in-Wonder 8500DV card and it works great (I had just upgraded to the latest drivers a few days ago). I hadn't used the overlay for awhile, so that took a few minutes to get working.

I tried color-correcting some video and was surprised to see the color corrected result play back at full frame rate in Preview mode.

There was some residual "strangeness" that looked like scan lines were reversed or resolution was being dropped (even in Best mode), but I don't think this is your overlay, but instead is due to the lousy hardware and software in my ATI card (I would never recommend this card to anyone).

I can see all sorts of reasons for people to use your overlay fX: If you don't have a 1394 bridge or camcorder to display to an external monitor; if you don't want to constantly swap your camera in and out of your computer setup; if your computer "glitches" when you have 1394 drives AND a camcorder attached (although this can usually be fixed with the Microsoft XP 1394 patches).

Bravo, Mike! ... and THANKS!
johnmeyer wrote on 2/2/2005, 9:03 AM
Ah, just discovered one downside. Because the filter is designed as an fX, if you want to see what the video looks like with and without the fX (or use the split screen function), you can't do that because it turns off the overlay. Still very useful, and of course you can always go to the individual fX dialog and toggle that single fX on and off.